Overview

• Lee recounts being unseated in the Newcastle starting stalls on 10 November 2023, sustaining severe cervical spinal‑cord damage after which his heart briefly stopped in intensive care.
• He remains paralysed from the shoulders down and uses a wheelchair, continuing physiotherapy at the Matt Hampson Foundation with support from the Injured Jockeys’ Fund.
• The programme, Graham Lee: Life Beyond the Fall, is scheduled to air on Racing TV on Sunday.
• A spinal‑cord consultant told him he will never walk again, yet he says he will not accept that prognosis and hopes future medical advances can change it.
• His family’s fundraising, including a JustGiving appeal exceeding £200,000, supports ongoing care as he adjusts after a career highlighted by wins in the Grand National, the Ascot Gold Cup and leading-rider honours at Cheltenham.